This is a guide to help you find relevant information for your topic in Science. You will find print resources (books, magazines, newspapers) and online resources (websites, databases and documentaries).
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What is the problem to be solved?
What is the question? Identify keywords
Examples:
How do we classify vertebrates?
What are habitats?
How are animals adapted to their habitats?
How do adaptation occur?
What are all possible sources of information?
Before you start searching for information, you need to know what you are looking for. It is helpful making a list of what you know, and what you WANT to know. That will help you come up with some keywords to start your search. A good start is an Online Encyclopedia:
Select World Book Student
Where are the sources located?
Once you have gathered some KEYWORDS search the library Online Catalog There you can find books, selected websites and magazine articles.
Using the same KEYWORDS, look for magazine articles, images and videos on EBSCO Science Reference Center. Click on the icon below:
Click on Science Reference Center
What information does the source provide?
Now read the information you gathered.
Is the information useful and relevant?
Is the site updated? When was the information posted?
Who is the author?
Have you acknowledged every source of information you used in your work?
Avoiding Plagiarism
What is plagiarism?
Plagiarism is the deliberate use of someone else's ideas without acknowledging the source.
Give credit whenever you:
Use another person's idea, opinion or theory
Use any facts, statistics, graphs, drawings, or any piece of information that are not common knowledge
Use Quotations of another person's actual spoken or written words
Paraphrase another person's spoken or written words
Creating a bibliography
Use EasyBib to take notes, cite sources and make a bibliography or list of references. Click on the icon below to login to EasyBib. Create a new project and name it Heating and Cooling or Science Project 1. Make sure you select MLA 7. Click on Notebook and start taking your notes. Remember to also note the sources!
Some books from the library and websites you might be interested:
Books in the library - Sorted by Call Number / Author.
333.7 NEL
Nelson, Nigel. Conservation. Hove, East Sussex, England : Wayland, 1992.
333.95 SAC
Sachidhanandam, Uma. Threatened habitats. Chicago : Raintree, 2004. Presents an overview of Earth's different habitats, examines some of the most common causes of habitat destruction and its effects on plants, ecosystems, animals, and people, and discusses efforts to protect and conserve Earth's habitats and biodiversity.
333.95 TES
Tesar, Jenny E. Endangered habitats. New York : Facts on File, c1992. Examines the various types of Earth's habitats, the complex relationships of plants and animals found in them, and how man's activities can upset or destroy fragile ecological balances.
577.27 ORM
Orme, Helen. Habitat destruction. New York : Bearport Pub., c2009. Explores the damage to the world's plant and animal habitats due to deforestation and oil and coal mining; and discusses ways that environmentalists are attempting to protect the land.
578.4 PAR
Parker, Steve. Survival and change. Rev. and updated, New ed. Chicago : Heinemann Library, c2006. Discusses various factors that affect the survival of animal species, exploring adaptation and natural selection.
591
KER
Kerrod, Robin. Animal life. Library ed. New York : Marshall Cavendish, 1994. Investigates animal biology, examining the main animal groups and how they fit into different environments.
595.77 MIL
Miller, Sara Swan. Flies : from flower flies to mosquitoes. New York : F. Watts, c1998. An introduction to flies, a taxonomic order of insects, that includes descriptions of fourteen species and recommendations for finding, identifying, and observing them.
596 WHY
Whyman, Kathryn. The animal kingdom : a guide to vertebrate classification and biodiversity. Austin, Tex. : Raintree Steck-Vaughn, c2000. Examines the similarities and differences between the five classes of vertebrates, or animals with backbones: fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals.
This is a guide to help you find relevant information for your topic in Science. You will find print resources (books, magazines, newspapers) and online resources (websites, databases and documentaries).
What is the problem to be solved?
What is the question? Identify keywordsExamples:
How do we classify vertebrates?
What are habitats?
How are animals adapted to their habitats?
How do adaptation occur?
What are all possible sources of information?
Before you start searching for information, you need to know what you are looking for. It is helpful making a list of what you know, and what you WANT to know. That will help you come up with some keywords to start your search. A good start is an Online Encyclopedia:Where are the sources located?
Once you have gathered some KEYWORDS search the library Online Catalog There you can find books, selected websites and magazine articles.
Using the same KEYWORDS, look for magazine articles, images and videos on EBSCO Science Reference Center. Click on the icon below:
What information does the source provide?
Now read the information you gathered.
Is the information useful and relevant?
Is the site updated? When was the information posted?
Who is the author?
Have you acknowledged every source of information you used in your work?
Avoiding Plagiarism
What is plagiarism?
Plagiarism is the deliberate use of someone else's ideas without acknowledging the source.
Give credit whenever you:Creating a bibliography
Use EasyBib to take notes, cite sources and make a bibliography or list of references. Click on the icon below to login to EasyBib. Create a new project and name it Heating and Cooling or Science Project 1. Make sure you select MLA 7. Click on Notebook and start taking your notes. Remember to also note the sources!
Example of a Bibliography
Some books from the library and websites you might be interested:
KER
Websites